ζωή in Ancient Greek

IPA: /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/, /zoˈi/, /zoˈi/, /zdɔː.ɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /zoˈe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /zoˈi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /zoˈi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /zoˈi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From ζῶ (zô, “to live”) + -η (-ē). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{affix|grc|ζῶ|-η|t1=to live}} ζῶ (zô, “to live”) + -η (-ē) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ζωῆς|f|first}} ζωή • (zōḗ) f (genitive ζωῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ζωή|ῆς}} Forms: zōḗ [romanization], ζωῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ζωή [nominative, singular], τὼ ζωᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ζωαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ζωῆς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ζωαῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν ζωῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ζωῇ [dative, singular], τοῖν ζωαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ζωαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ζωήν [accusative, singular], τὼ ζωᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ζωᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ζωή [singular, vocative], ζωᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ζωαί [plural, vocative]

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"ζωή" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun